Somaiya Vidyavihar

Somaiya Vidyavihar is an private university located in the Vidyavihar suburb of Mumbai. It is the second largest campus in Mumbai, superseded only by the Powai campus of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). It is approximately of 60 acres (24 ha).

Somaiya Vidyavihar
Location
Vidyavihar

Mumbai
,
Maharashtra
,
400077

India
Information
Established1959
FounderShri K.J. Somaiya
Area60 acres (24 ha)
Websitesomaiya.edu

The entire campus is owned and operated by the 'Somaiya Trust'. It is also has a sister campus in Sion, nother suburb of Mumbai, called Somaiya Ayurvihar.[1]

Colleges

It hosts a number of reputed educational institutions with country-wide recognition.

Some of the same are:

Apart from the above-mentioned colleges it has 45 different courses it offers to students, it also hosts The Somaiya School, a CBSE affiliated school operated by the same educational trust.The campus also facilitates hostels for both Boys and girls.

Somaiya Vidyavihar University

On 26 August 2019, Somaiya Vidyavihar announced that it would be "the first ever private university in Mumbai." and that apart from KJCAC, KJSSC & SKCASC, all the others would be included in the newly formed private university while these would retain their current status with the University of Mumbai.[2]

This means that KJSCAC will still enjoy the 'autonomus' status which it has been granted earlier. While the other institutes, SKSCASC and KJSSC, will remain as University of Mumbai affiliated institutes. These above mentioned chose to remain in the University of Mumbai because of the aid that they receive from it.

Somaiya vidyavihar is an educational trust that has built educational institutions in Mumbai, Rural Maharashtra and Karnataka

See also

References
  1. "Somaiya Ayurvihar Official Website". Somaiya Ayurvihar.
  2. "Somaiya Vidyavihar University: Mumbai's 1st Private University".

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